Spinal posture in different DanceSport dance styles compared with track and field athletes
Abstract
Materials and methods: Thirty competitive DanceSport couples (15 men aged 23.4 ± 6.6 years; 15 women aged 22.5 ± 6.4 years) and 29 track and field athletes (16 mean aged 27 ± 4.4 years and 13 women aged 22 ± 4.1 years) volunteered. Twelve couples were Standard, 7 Latin American and 11 were Ten Dance couples. Thoracic kyphosis and lumbar lordosis angle were assessed in lateral view using a Vertebral Fracture Assessment scan.
Results: DanceSport athletes had smaller S-shaped vertebral curvatures compared to track and field athletes. Male (5.7 ± 4.78) and female dancers (8.7 ± 5.98) had significantly smaller lumbar lordosis angle compared to their track and field counterparts (22.3 ± 9.98 for men; 20.3 ± 5.98 for women).Femaledancers(25.3 ± 8.08)alsodemonstratedsignificantly smallerthoracickyphosis angle than female track and field (32.1 ± 8.98) participants. It was further revealed that female Latin American dancers had significantly smaller lumbar lordosis values (3.7 ± 3.18) compared with female Standard (10.7 ± 6.18) and Ten Dance dancers (9.7 ± 5.58).
Conclusions: The results of the present study suggest that smaller S-shaped vertebral curvatures of DanceSport athletes compared with track and field athletes are permanent changes rather than habitual.
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Kruusamäe, H.; Maasalu, K.; Wyon, M.; Jürimäe, T.; Mäestu, J.; Mooses, M.; Jürimäe, J. Spinal posture in different DanceSport dance styles compared with track and field athletes. Medicina 2015, 51, 307-311. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.medici.2015.08.003
Kruusamäe H, Maasalu K, Wyon M, Jürimäe T, Mäestu J, Mooses M, Jürimäe J. Spinal posture in different DanceSport dance styles compared with track and field athletes. Medicina. 2015; 51(5):307-311. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.medici.2015.08.003
Chicago/Turabian StyleKruusamäe, Helena, Katre Maasalu, Matthew Wyon, Toivo Jürimäe, Jarek Mäestu, Martin Mooses, and Jaak Jürimäe. 2015. "Spinal posture in different DanceSport dance styles compared with track and field athletes" Medicina 51, no. 5: 307-311. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.medici.2015.08.003